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demmiblue

(39,730 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:18 PM Wednesday

Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records

Source: Axios

President Trump's Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios.

Why it matters: The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official records to the National Archives at the end of his term, as presidents have done for nearly a half-century under the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president.

Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2026/04/01/trump-doj-presidential-records-act-national-archives

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Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records (Original Post) demmiblue Wednesday OP

Yeah. We'll see about that, little blonde bimbo and your personal Trump-kissing Assistant AG flunkie hlthe2b Wednesday #1

This too will fail. BootinUp Wednesday #2

"Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law." MLWR Wednesday #3

A "readability" built-in or extension gets the text. usonian Wednesday #4

That is kind of what Nixon thought, but back then the Republicans in the DOJ and Congress were Americans and not LiberalArkie Wednesday #5

Disagreement with the law liberalgunwilltravel Wednesday #6

Is it just me or didn't they used to refer to Buddyzbuddy Wednesday #7

The Dow is at 50,000. Why won't you talk about that? NT mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday #8

You left out the noun "dollars" PSPS Wednesday #12

The only part of this that's unconstitutional is DJT's ignorance of the law. Ford_Prefect Wednesday #9

Turn over documents? Didn't he already get away with stashing documents all over Marie Marie Wednesday #10

Can someone say, "cover-up"? sakabatou Wednesday #11

I believe Elon said it best: "Only the fraudsters complain." Beartracks Thursday #13

hlthe2b

(114,004 posts)

1. Yeah. We'll see about that, little blonde bimbo and your personal Trump-kissing Assistant AG flunkie

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:21 PM

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BootinUp

(51,331 posts)

2. This too will fail.

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Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:24 PM

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MLWR

(1,028 posts)

3. "Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law."

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:40 PM

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He disagrees with most laws, particularly when he decides he's going to violate them. And the DOJ is not the body in our government that decides whether or not a law is constitutional.

usonian

(25,393 posts)

4. A "readability" built-in or extension gets the text.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:45 PM

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Ssssssh

https://pastebin.com/raw/dxfw3CUT

Otherwise, use an archiver like archive.ph

LiberalArkie

(19,820 posts)

5. That is kind of what Nixon thought, but back then the Republicans in the DOJ and Congress were Americans and not

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2026, 05:50 PM

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loyal to Russia or Israel.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,214 posts)

6. Disagreement with the law

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Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:14 PM

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is no excuse.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,649 posts)

7. Is it just me or didn't they used to refer to

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Wed Apr 1, 2026, 06:43 PM

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the A.G.'s (insert name) Justice Dept..

It's possible I don't recall. It's so irritating hearing T....'s Generals, T....'s whatever. It's the American peoples Whitehouse, our Justice Dept., etc.